Strategy category: 1253 books
Operazione Compass
La Caporetto del deserto
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 17, 2015
Secondo una vecchia battuta i libri più brevi della storia sarebbero: «Raffinate ricette inglesi», «Etica commerciale ebraica» e «Vittorie militari italiane». Al di là della divertente perfidia, esiste purtroppo un doloroso fondo di verità, per ciò che riguarda noi Italiani. Che questo sia...
Conflict and Cooperation in the Global Commons
A Comprehensive Approach for International Security
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
More than ever, international security and economic prosperity depend upon safe access to the shared domains that make up the global commons: maritime, air, space, and cyberspace. Together these domains serve as essential conduits through which international commerce, communication, and governance prosper....
Bayonne and Toulouse 1813–14
Wellington invades France
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
The news of Wellington's momentous victory at Vitoria on 21 June 1813 reached London in early July. Celebration spawned an expectation of a rapid conclusion to events in the Peninsula. His Majesty's Government gave authority for Wellington to invade France and made noises and plans for the redeployment...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2017
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. This monograph develops a theory that explains civil-military relationships throughout a wide range of interactions between a society and the society's military. The monograph uses this...
Joining al-Qaeda
Jihadist Recruitment in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In Britain alone, several thousand young Muslims are thought to be part of violent extremist networks. How did they become involved? What are the mechanisms and dynamics through which European Muslims join al-Qaeda and groups inspired by al-Qaeda?
This paper explains the processes whereby European...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. This study examines the prospects for closer Israeli-NATO cooperation by analyzing the historical context and possible benefits and constraints of developing the relationship. Starting from...
Germany’s Western Front: 1914
Translations from the German Official History of the Great War, Part 1
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
X. The OHL, 3–4 September
The Soul of Armies
Counterinsurgency Doctrine and Military Culture in the US and UK
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
For both the United States and United Kingdom counterinsurgency was a serious component of security policy during the Cold War and, along with counterterrorism, has been the greatest security challenge after September 11, 2001. In The Soul of Armies Austin Long compares and contrasts counterinsurgency...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Using military force against an enemy to punish, avenge a wrong, as retribution is a timeless cause of armed conflict. There are many examples throughout history of successful punitive operations....
Rethinking Western Approaches to Counterinsurgency
Lessons From Post-Colonial Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
This book critically examines the Western approach to counter-insurgency in the post-colonial era and offers a series of recommendations to address current shortfalls.
The author argues that current approaches to countering insurgency rely too heavily on conflicts from the post-World War II...
Siege of Acre, 1189-1191
Saladin, Richard the Lionheart, and the Battle That Decided the Third Crusade
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
The first comprehensive history of the most decisive military campaign of the Third Crusade and one of the longest wartime sieges of the Middle Ages
The two-year-long siege of Acre (1189–1191) was the most significant military engagement of the Third Crusade, attracting armies from across...
Military Realism
The Logic and Limits of Force and Innovation in the U.S. Army
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2019
After the Vietnam War, the U.S. Army considered counterinsurgency (COIN) a mistake to be avoided. Many found it surprising, then, when setbacks in recent conflicts led the same army to adopt a COIN doctrine. Scholarly debates have primarily employed existing theories of military bureaucracy or culture...
by Shekhar Gupta
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Operazione Overlord
Il D-Day e la battaglia di Normandia
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Il leggendario sbarco in Normandia, quel 6 giugno 1944 che nell’immaginario collettivo è rimasto come il D-Day, aveva nome in codice “Overlord”. Lacerando il sipario della retorica e degli interessi di parte, Hastings ne ricostruisce la storia completa, dai preparativi alla faticosa battaglia,...